Reid: 'Very comfortable' with ACA

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said after speaking with President Barack Obama on Tuesday that he is “very comfortable” that the administration will solve Obamacare’s problems.

Reid wouldn’t say whether or not he will consider any legislation that alters Obamacare until top White House officials come to a Thursday Senate Democratic caucus lunch to explain progress on the law’s disastrous rollout and its troubled website.

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Reid said he was surprised to receive a late phone call from Obama on Tuesday and said the two had “quite a long conversation” about health care and diplomacy with Iran.

“I feel very comfortable after having our conversation last night that it will be fixed,” Reid said.

Reid was repeatedly pressed by reporters at a media availability on whether he will permit votes allowing people to keep their otherwise cancelled health care plans or other changes to the law — but the leader demurred.

“I’ll have more information after we have the meeting. But today I am not going to talk anymore about health care,” Reid said.

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this report incorrectly described a quote from Sen. Harry Reid. Reid said he felt "very comfortable" after talking to the president.

CORRECTION: Corrected by: Alysha Love @ 11/13/2013 05:39 PM
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this report incorrectly described a quote from Sen. Harry Reid. Reid said he felt "very comfortable" after talking to the president.